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1876–2024
Congressional District 19·Texas

For fifty-two years, Texas 19th Congressional District voted Democratic. Then it stopped.

18762024·38 elections
TX
Latest
R+52
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
773,403
2024 ACS

Texas 19th Congressional District, Texas: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+52%. Democratic peak: D+83 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+52MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
RealignerAkashic typology
Population
773,4032024 5-year
Median household income
$63,7972024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
63.0%2024 5-year
Black
6.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
39.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+83 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+54 in 2004MIT Election Lab
51 counties · 0 D · 51 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−51.6%
66,852212,563282,181
R
−46.2%
73,152202,311279,670
R
−48.5%
55,550170,431236,854
R
−48.1%
56,803165,179225,124
R
−43.2%
68,668174,660245,374
R
−53.6%
55,772186,120243,064
R
−47.0%
55,907157,999217,305
R
−22.9%
73,813122,588212,933
R
−21.9%
71,876123,968238,375
R
−26.2%
82,289140,984224,403
R
−43.5%
66,355169,177236,389
R
−27.4%
77,189137,442219,630
R
−0.7%
104,162105,676211,157
R
−48.1%
47,308135,971184,517
R
−5.8%
67,39477,936182,871
D
+28.6%
107,04259,369166,656
D
+3.2%
80,38175,422156,782
D
+9.4%
72,49359,957132,752
R
−3.4%
69,38874,291143,951
D
+68.3%
75,50012,22092,632
D
+66.1%
64,4579,36683,365
D
+74.5%
72,63010,54783,328
D
+81.9%
58,3095,67564,252
D
+83.3%
53,0234,66458,025
R
−26.1%
19,16832,75351,995
D
+61.1%
34,1277,58343,425
D
+60.2%
17,0263,56722,361
D
+78.5%
16,2161,12719,231
D
+74.4%
10,91251613,964
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
9.2%
German
9.2%
Irish
6.7%
American
5.7%
Scottish
1.6%
Italian
1.1%
French
0.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
75.3%
speak English only
Spanish21.3%
Other Indo-European2.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
21.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
14.4%
Other Christian
14.3%
Methodist
4.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.6%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Non-Christian
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Texas 19th Congressional District sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 3 consecutive presidential elections.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Texas 19th Congressional District peaked at eighty-three points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1968 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of six points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $63,797 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Congressional District 19, Texas — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/4819/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 19, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 19, Texas voted Republican by 51.6 points (R+52), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 282,181 votes cast, 66,852 went Democratic and 212,563 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 19, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 19, Texas as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 12 times, Republican 17 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 19, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 19, Texas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Congressional District 19, Texas?
Congressional District 19, Texas has a population of 773,403 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 19, Texas?
Median household income in Congressional District 19, Texas is $63,797 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Congressional District 19, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 19, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.